JESUS, OUR DELIVERER
Psalm 34:4 (Amplified Bible)
I sought the LORD [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
Delivered: nutual naw-teal (Heb) – to snatch away (defend, escape,
part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, save, spoil, strip, take out)
Psalm 18:2 (KJV)
“The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my
strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.”
Deliverer: palat (Heb) – to slip out, escape, carry away safe
Daniel 6:27 (Amplified Bible)
“He rescues and saves and performs signs and wonders
In heaven and on earth – He who has rescued Daniel from the power of
the lions.”
Psalm 107:2 (Amplified Bible)
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the
hand of the adversary
Revelation 7:9,10 (Amplified Bible)
I looked, and this is what I saw: a vast multitude which no one could
count, [gathered] from every nation and from all the tribes and peoples
and languages [of the earth], standing before the throne and before the
Lamb (Christ), dressed in white robes, with [d]palm branches in their
hands; 10 and in a loud voice they cried out, saying,2
“Salvation [belongs] to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the
Lamb [our salvation is the Trinity’s to give, and to God the Trinity we
owe our deliverance].”
II
You might think David could have had some confusion about the role
God played and the role he (David) played in these many instances of
deliverance:
1. That David was, at least in part, able to bring about his own
deliverance
1 Samuel 17:37 (Amplified Bible)
David said, “The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion
and from the paw of the bear, He will rescue me from the hand of
this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may
the LORD be with you.”
Haven’t we said that, one way or another, at one time or
another?
But David purposefully used the Hebrew word naw-teal,
meaning to snatch away (defend, escape, part, pluck,
preserve, recover, rescue, save, spoil, strip, take out)
2. That David “praised his way” into his deliverance
Psalm 18:3 (Amplified Bible)
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved
from my enemies.
An inference that his praise brought about his deliverance
The KJV makes it sound even more like that:3
“I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so
shall I be saved from mine enemies.”
But the Message translation provides a better proof of the
passage’s true meaning:
“I sing to God, the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and
saved.”
3. That David’s own “good conduct” brought him his deliverance
2 Samuel 22:21-25 (Amplified Bible)
“The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
22 “For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not acted
wickedly against my God. 23 “For all His judgments (legal
decisions) were before me, and from His statutes I did not turn
aside. 24 “I was also blameless before Him, and kept myself from
wrongdoing. 25 “Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to
my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
Rather, it was righteousness by faith:
Hebrews 11:1 (Amplified Bible)
Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things
hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not
seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact
what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. 2 For by this
[kind of] faith the [a]men of old gained [divine] approval.
Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab
are all examples of people whose faith translated into
righteousness, even before the promise of salvation through the
Messiah had been fulfilled.4
Hebrews 11:32-34 (Amplified Bible)
And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon,
Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the
prophets, 33 who by faith [that is, with an enduring trust in God and
His promises] subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained
promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions, 34 extinguished the
power of [raging] fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of
weakness were made strong, became mighty and unbeatable in
battle, putting enemy forces to flight.
III
So let’s take a close look at the dynamics of just how David’s
deliverances came to him:
2 Samuel 22:2 (Amplified Bible)
David spoke the words of this song to the LORD when the LORD rescued
him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He
said: “The LORD is my rock and my fortress [on the mountain] and my
rescuer; 3 My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the
horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, My Savior—You
save me from violence. 4 “I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be
praised, And I am saved from my enemies. 5 “For the waves of death
encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed and terrified
me. 6 “The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death
confronted me. 7 “In my distress I called upon the LORD;
I cried out to my God, And from His temple [in the heavens] He heard
my voice; My cry for help came into His ears. 8 “Then the earth shook
and quaked, the foundations of the heavens trembled and were shaken,
because He was angry. 9 “Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and
devouring fire from His mouth; coals were kindled by it. 10 “He bowed
the heavens also, and came down with thick darkness under His feet.
11 “He rode on a cherub and flew; He appeared upon the wings of the
wind. 12 “He made darkness [c]canopies around Him, a mass of waters,5
thick clouds of the skies. 13 “Out of the brightness before Him coals of
fire were set aflame. 14 “The LORD thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice. 15 “He sent out arrows and
scattered them; lightning, and confused them. 16 “The channels of the sea
appeared, the foundations of the world were uncovered at the rebuke of
the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils. 17 “He sent from
above, He took me; He drew me out of great waters. 18 “He rescued me
from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too
mighty for me. 19 “They came upon me in the day of my calamity,
but the LORD was my support. 20 “He also brought me out to an open
place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
That’s the how. Here’s the why:
Deliver –
: to set free
: to take and hand over to or leave for another
: to send, provide, or make accessible
: to give birth to
: to send (something aimed or guided) to an intended target or
destination
: to bring
: to come through with
: to produce the promised, desired, or expected results
Acts 5:31-32 (Amplified Bible)
God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior and Deliverer,
in order to grant repentance to Israel, and [to grant] forgiveness of
sins. 32 And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit,
whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.”
Psalm 56:13 (Amplified Bible)
For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from
falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life and the living.6
Luke 4:18 (Amplified Bible)
“THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME (the Messiah),
BECAUSE HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS TO THE
POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO ANNOUNCE RELEASE (pardon,
forgiveness) TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED (downtrodden, bruised,
crushed by tragedy)
John 3:16 (KJV)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

REVIVAL 2-19-23 VIDEO revival is on display 2

Renewal by definition is to make a live again, those who have fallen into a cold death state. It is reviving back to the state of being that you were in when you were first born again. Also when you were first filled with the Holy Spirit. Renewal is to refresh the body of Christ specifically after a season of troubles and spiritual war. Renewal may start in one place, but it is meant to be global. No move of God ever really ends. Sometimes it just is lifted up. Looking for a new place to land. Oh, Lord, I pray let it land here.

REVIVAL-IS TO FLORISH AGAIN- IT HAS TO DO WITH CHRISTIANS NOT THE WORLD -AN OUTBREAK OF GOD’S PRESENCE-BRINGING BACK TO LIFE THE LUKEWARM

Ezek 37:1 THE HAND of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.

2 And He caused me to pass round about among them, and behold, there were very many [human bones] in the open valley or plain, and behold, they were very dry.

3 And He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, You know! 

4 Again He said to me, Prophesy to these bones and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.  

5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath and spirit to enter you, and you shall live;

6 And I will lay sinews upon you and bring up flesh upon you and cover you with skin, and I will put breath and spirit in you, and you [dry bones] shall live; and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a [thundering] noise and behold, a shaking and trembling and a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

8 And I looked and behold, there were sinews upon [the bones] and flesh came upon them and skin covered them over, but there was no breath or spirit in them.

9 Then said He to me, Prophesy to the breath and spirit, son of man, and say to the breath and spirit, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath and spirit, and breathe upon these slain that they may live.

10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath and spirit came into [the bones], and they lived and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great host.  

11 Then He said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost; we are completely cut off.

12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel.

13 And you shall know that I am the Lord [your Sovereign Ruler], when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, O My people.  AMP

REV 2:4 Here is my problem, you have divorced me and abandoned your first love!

5 Now, I implore you to call to mind that place where you have fallen from. Remember our intimate romance. The poetry of this union is the driving force of your life! It is so different from being duty- or guilt-driven. It is in your entwining with my thoughts that you are most strategic and effective.  MIRROR

Hos 6:2 After two days he will give us new life. On the third day he’ll make us like new again. Then we will enjoy his blessing.

3 Let’s recognize him as the Lord. Let’s keep trying to really know him. You can be sure the sun will rise. And you can be just as sure the Lord will appear. He will come to renew us like the winter rains. He will be like the spring rains that water the earth.”

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Hos 6:2 After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him.  

3 Yes, let us know (recognize, be acquainted with, and understand) Him; let us be zealous to know the Lord [to appreciate, give heed to, and cherish Him]. His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and He will come to us as the [heavy] rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.  AMP

Joel 2:28-31 “And that’s just the beginning: After that — “I will pour out my Spirit

on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions.

29 I’ll even pour out my Spirit on the servants, men and women both.

30 I’ll set wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below: Blood and fire and billowing smoke,

31 the sun turning black and the moon blood-red, Before the Judgment Day of God,

the Day tremendous and awesome. MSG

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Joel 2:28 And afterward I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

29 Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My Spirit.

30 And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.  AMP

Joel 2:32 Whoever calls, ‘Help, God!’ gets help. On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem

there will be a great rescue — just as God said. Included in the survivors are those that God calls. MSG

Isa 43:1  Now, this is what Yahweh says: “Listen, Jacob, to the One who created you, Israel, to the one who shaped who you are. Do not fear, for I,your Kinsman-Redeemer, will rescue you. I havecalled you by name, and you are mine. TPT

Acts 3:19 So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord;

20 And that He may send [to you] the Christ (the Messiah), Who before was designated and appointed for you — even Jesus,  AMP

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Acts 3:19 “Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you,

20 and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus. MSG

Psalms 69:32 All who seek you will see God do this for them, and they’ll overflow with gladness. Let this revive your hearts, all you lovers of God! TPT

Psalms 85:6 Revive us again, O God! I know you will! Give us a fresh start! Then all your people will taste your joy and gladness.

⁷Pour out even more of your love on us! Reveal more of your kindness and restore us back to you!  TPT

Ps 119:25  My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive and stimulate me according to Your word!   AMP

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Ps 119:25 I’m feeling terrible — I couldn’t feel worse! Get me on my feet again. You promised, remember?  MSG

Hos 14:7 Those who live near him will be blessed by him, be blessed and prosper like golden grain. Everyone will be talking about them, spreading their fame as the vintage children of God. MSG

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Hos 14:7 They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive like the grain and blossom like the vine; the scent of it shall be like the wine of Lebanon. AMP

Hab 3:2 God, I’ve heard what our ancestors say about you, and I’m stopped in my tracks, down on my knees. Do among us what you did among them. Work among us as you worked among them. And as you bring judgment, as you surely must,

remember mercy.  MSG

Acts 4:29 “And now they’re at it again! Take care of their threats and give your servants fearless confidence in preaching your Message,

30 as you stretch out your hand to us in healings and miracles and wonders done in the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

31 While they were praying, the place where they were meeting trembled and shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God’s Word with fearless confidence.

32 The whole congregation of believers was united as one — one heart, one mind! They didn’t even claim ownership of their own possessions. No one said, “That’s mine; you can’t have it.” They shared everything.

33 The apostles gave powerful witness to the resurrection of the Master Jesus, and grace was on all of them.

34 And so it turned out that not a person among them was needy. Those who owned fields or houses sold them and brought the price of the sale

35 to the apostles and made an offering of it. The apostles then distributed it according to each person’s need. MSG

Ps 23:5 You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies. You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing. MSG

Ps 119:88 In your great love revive me so I can alertly obey your every word. MSG

Ps 119:156  Your mercies, God, run into the billions; following your guidelines, revive me.

John 6:33 For the Bread of God is He Who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

34 Then they said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always (all the time)!

35 Jesus replied, I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry, and he who believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time).  AMP

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John 6:33 The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world.”

34 They jumped at that: “Master, give us this bread, now and forever!”

35 Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. MSG

Ps 34:10 Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God-seekers are full of God. MSG

Col 1:6 It’s the same all over the world. The Message bears fruit and gets larger and stronger, just as it has in you. From the very first day you heard and recognized the truth of what God is doing, you’ve been hungry for more.  MSG

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COL 1:6  This word resonates within you and its appeal is prevailing in the whole world. The harvest is evident everywhere and gaining ground; as also witnessed in your own experience from the moment you heard and understood the true implication and the relevance of his grace.  MIRROR

Acts 2:47  Constantly praising God and being in favor and goodwill with all the people; and the Lord kept adding [to their number] daily those who were being saved [from spiritual death].  AMP

COMMUNION “DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME”  2-17-23  VIDEO WADE

Communion is one of the most special and powerful gifts that Jesus has given us. He has given us the ability in the midst of all our troubles and worldly problems to live in the reality of what he did for us. Given of his body and his blood for us. To experience life and life more abundantly taking communion is the way we can make sure the world can’t harm us. Jesus told his disciples what is body and blood meant, but he also told him that he would soon die on the cross. He prepare them for that, and tells them of a future celebration in the kingdom. Communion was started by Jesus on Passover. He broke off from the law and instituted a new covenant, his body, his blood. Animal sacrifices offered there is a remembrance of sins,  the memory of sins committed is revived by the sacrifices,  NT MEMORY- “in memory of” but in an affectionate calling of the Person Himself to mind; not of the “remembrance” of sins,  but an awakening of mind to Jesus.

John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]  AMP

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JN 16:33 I have spoken these things to you that in me you will know the sweet and assured resonance of my peace! In the world you encounter extreme and stressful times, but be of good courage, I have conquered the world-order!”  MIRROR

Romans 5:9 And there is still much more to say of his unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in my sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God.  TPT

Colossians 1:20 And by the blood of his cross, everything in heaven and earth is brought back to himself—back to its original intent, restored to innocence again

Eph 4:16 He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love

1 Cor 10:16 When we drink the cup of blessing, aren’t we taking into ourselves the blood, the very life, of Christ? And isn’t it the same with the loaf of bread we break and eat? Don’t we take into ourselves the body, the very life, of Christ?

17 Because there is one loaf, our many-ness becomes one-ness — Christ doesn’t become fragmented in us. Rather, we become unified in him. We don’t reduce Christ to what we are; he raises us to what he is.  MSG

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1 COR 10:16 When we share a meal together we declare our association in Christ! Every time we drink from the same cup, we communicate the language of the covenant of grace, which is what our fellowship is all about. The wine we drink is our participation in what the blood of Christ represents. The bread we break celebrates our participation in the incarnation! The prophetic promise became flesh in his person; we are jointly declaring that in the revelation of our inclusion in his death and resurrection we are now the visible body of Christ.  

17 The single loaf of bread that we all partake of represents the fact that although there are many of us, there is only one Christ! By eating together from that one bread we are declaring that we are one body in Christ and that he is incarnated in each one of us! MIRROR

1 John 4:17 In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world. AMP

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1 JN 4:17 So now, with us awakening to our full inclusion in this love union, everything is perfect! Its completeness is not compromised in contradiction. Our confident conversation echoes this fellowship even in the face of crisis; because, as he is, so are we in this world – our lives are mirrored in him. We are as blameless in this life as Jesus is!This perfect love union is the source of our confidence whenever we face the scrutiny of contradiction.  MIRROR

Matt 26:26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, praising God, gave thanks and asked Him to bless it to their use, and when He had broken it, He gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is My body.

27 And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you;

28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which [ratifies the agreement and] is being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

29 I say to you, I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it with you new and of superior quality in My Father’s kingdom.  AMP

John 16:28  Yes, I did come from the Father and I came into the world. Now I leave the world behind and return to the Father.” PHILLIPS

REV 19:9 And he instructed me to record this in writing: Oh the blessedness of this bliss which is the supreme celebration of the union of the ages! You have individually been identified by name and invited to the Lamb’s supper, concluding in the ultimate wedding feast! This is the Grand Finale in the unveiling of God’s word.  MIRROR

JN 6:51 I am the living bread, I stepped out of the heavenly realm into this earth suit, in the incarnation, so that everyone may feast on the idea of their true incarnate identity mirrored in me and discover the life of the ages incarnate in them! The bread that I will give is my own flesh; it will translate into life for the entire cosmos!   

JOHN 6:33 For the bread from God that comes down from heaven is that which gives life to the entire world!

34 They said, Oh Lord, this is the bread we crave! Give us this bread!

35 Jesus said, I am the bread of life! He that comes face to face with me shall never hunger and he who finds his faith resting in me shall never thirst!   MIRROR

JOHN 6:53 Amen amen, I say unto you that you have no real life in yourselves until you consume the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood.

54 Your every meal is a celebration of the incarnation; to eat my flesh and drink my blood is to digest me like your body is designed to digest food and it becomes flesh; this echoes the life of the ages and communicates the fact that you are co-risen with me in the final conclusion of my work of redemption.  

55 My flesh is food in its truest form and my blood is drink in its truest form.

56 The eating of my flesh and drinking of my blood is the celebration of our seamless union – you in me and I in you – because you won’t find you until you find me!  

57 As the living Father has sent me and also sustains me so will I sustain the one eating me. I live through my Father – just like my daily food sustains me, so his life permanently resides in me – now you may also continually and habitually feast on me and live through me!

58 This is the bread that stepped down out of the heavenly sphere – there is no comparison with the manna your fathers received from heaven,  they ate and they died [without completing their destiny] – now feast on me and celebrate the life of the ages.    

Acts 2:42 And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread [including the Lord’s Supper] and prayers.

43 And a sense of awe (reverential fear) came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were performed through the apostles (the special messengers).

44 And all who believed (who adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus Christ) were united and [together] they had everything in common;  AMP

Heb 8:13 When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether.  AMP

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Heb 8:13 By coming up with a new plan, a new covenant between God and his people, God put the old plan on the shelf. And there it stays, gathering dust. MSG

Romans 5:9 And there is still much more to say of his unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in my sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God.  TPT

Heb 12:24 And to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks [of mercy], a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel [which cried out for vengeance].  AMP

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HEB  12:24 Jesus is the spokesman and arbitrator of the New Testament order. His blood signature sanctions mankind’s innocence. This is a complete new language that communicates better things, in that it is the very substance of what was spoken in the shadow-type message of the blood sacrifice that Abel brought.

1 COR 11:23 Let me remind you then what we are actually celebrating in our fellowship meal: The night in which the Lord Jesus was betrayed, he took bread

24 and gave thanks; breaking the bread into portions, he said, “Realize your association with my death, every time you eat, remember my body that was broken for you!”  

25 He did exactly the same with the cup after supper and said, “This cup holds the wine of the New Covenant in my blood; you celebrate me every time you drink with this understanding!”

26 Your every meal makes the mandate of his coming relevant and communicates the meaning of the New Covenant.

27 So whoever does not value the meaning of the bread and the wine, keep themselves in condemnation.

28 To see oneself associated in Christ’s death and declared innocent in his blood is the only worthy manner in which to examine one’s own life in the context of the new covenant meal.  

29 Anyone who partakes of this meal in an indifferent manner, either because of religious sentiment or merely being blasé about the meaning of the meal, eats and drinks judgment upon themselves! The human body of Jesus represents the judgment of every single human life; to fail to acknowledge this is to deliberately exclude yourself from the blessing of the New Covenant.

30 This is the reason why many of you are suffering unnecessarily with weaknesses and illnesses, and many have already died.

31 By judging that we indeed co-died in his death we are free from any kind of judgment!

32 By discerning the broken body of Christ we can only conclude that he suffered our brokenness and distortion. This is the instruction of the Lord; what foolishness it would be to continue to place yourself and the rest of the world under judgment when Jesus already took all judgment upon himself!   MIRROR

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1 COR 11:23I have handed down to you what came to me by direct revelation from the Lord himself. The same night in which he was handed over,^[s] he took bread

²⁴ and gave thanks. Then he distributed it to the disciples and said, “Take it and eat your fill.^[t] It is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”

²⁵ He did the same with the cup of wine after supper and said, “This cup seals the new covenant with my blood. Drink it—and whenever you drink this, do it to remember me.”

²⁶ Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are retelling the story, proclaiming our Lord’s death until he comes. TPT VIDEO JESUS BLOOD

DIVINE PURPOSE 2-12-23 VIDEO GOD’S PLAN

God has given each person a purpose or a reason why we are alive at this time. Purpose means the reason for which something is created or for with something or someone exist. If you were still alive and breathing, and you must still have a purpose to fulfill.

In Hebrews, all these heroes fulfilled their purpose even when they didn’t understand their assignment, they all went forward.

Psalms 139:13 You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside

and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. TPT

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Psalms 139:15 You even formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place; carefully, skillfully you shaped me from nothing to something.

¹⁶You saw who you created me to be before I became me! Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days you planned for me were already recorded in your book. TPT

Rom 8:28 That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

29 God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him.

30 After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.

31 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? MSG

Job 42:2 I know that You can do all things, and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted.  AMP

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Job 42:2 “I’m convinced: You can do anything and everything. Nothing and no one can upset your plans.  MSG

Proverbs 4:25 Set your gaze on the path before you. With fixed purpose, looking straight ahead, ignore life’s distractions.

²⁶Watch where you’re going! Stick to the path of truth, and the road will be safe and smooth before you.

²⁷Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked for even a moment or take the detour that leads to darkness. TPT

Prov 19:21 We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God’s purpose prevails. MSG

Eccl 3:1 TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven: AMP

Isa 42:6 I, Yahweh, have commissioned you in righteousness to succeed. I will take your hand in love and watch over you. I will give you as a covenant’ for the people,
a walking-light to the nations.
7 Your mission is to open blind eyes, to set prisoners free from dark dwellings,’ and to open prison doors to those who are held by darkness:

8 I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not give my glory to another god nor my renown to idols.  TPT

Luke 4:17 he was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

18 God’s Spirit is on me; he’s chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor, Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, To set the burdened and battered free,

19 to announce, “This is God’s year to act!”

20 He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the assistant, and sat down. Every eye in the place was on him, intent.

21 Then he started in, “You’ve just heard Scripture make history. It came true just now in this place.”  MSG

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LU 4:17  The scroll of Isaiah the prophet, was handed to him and he stood up to read.  

18 He opened the scroll and rolled it out in order to find the specific place where the following was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to announce glad tidings to a starving people; he has commissioned me to announce the freedom of forgiveness [their true I-am-ness] to those held captive at spear-point by their guilt and shame; also, the blind may now look up and be restored in their sight! I am anointed to send out those who are bruised and traumatized, into the freedom of their redeemed innocence.

19 I announce that the Jubilee year of the Lord has come! This is the liberation celebration of the Lord, embracing humanity home!

20 Jesus then rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down, while everyone’s eyes were fixed on him.  

21 He announced emphatically, Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing! MIRROR

Isa 55:11 So also will be the words that I speak; it does not return to me unfulfilled.

My word performs my purpose and fulfills the mission I sent it out to accomplish. TPT

John 5:30 I am able to do nothing from Myself [independently, of My own accord — but only as I am taught by God and as I get His orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I am bidden to decide. As the voice comes to Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me.  AMP

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JN 5:30 The dynamic of my doing is in my union with my Father; my intimate acquaintance with his voice is what inspires me – as I hear, I discern and my judgment is just; there is no conflicting interest here – my Father’s commission is my mission in life!   MIRROR

John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me.

39 And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me, but that I should give new life and raise [them all] up at the last day.

40 For this is My Father’s will and His purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day.  AMP

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JN 6:38 For I have stepped down out of heaven, not to make a name for myself! I did not come to become a mere historic hero! I have come to communicate the resolve of him who sent me! (I am here to demonstrate to you how persuaded my Father is about you!)

39 My Sender’s desire is for me to rescue every single individual – this is his gift to me – that I will lose no detail of their original identity mirrored in me! My rescuing mission will conclude in their joint-resurrection! This is the completeness of time!

40 And this is the desire of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son, through his eyes, and finds the conclusion of  their persuasion in him, will resonate (echo) the life of the ages! And I will raise him up in the final day!  MIRROR

Rom 14:9 For Christ died and lived again for this very purpose, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. AMP

John 12:27 “Right now I am storm-tossed. And what am I going to say? ‘Father, get me out of this’? No, this is why I came in the first place.

28 I’ll say, ‘Father, put your glory on display.'” A voice came out of the sky: “I have glorified it, and I’ll glorify it again.”

29 The listening crowd said, “Thunder!” Others said, “An angel spoke to him!”  MSG

HEB 11:39 Their lives were trophies to their faith, as the substance of what was visualized by their hope, and the evidence of things their natural eyes never saw.

40 God saw the perfect picture in us; we now complete the history of their lives. MIRROR

Heb 11:39 Not one of these people, even though their lives of faith were exemplary, got their hands on what was promised.

40 God had a better plan for us: that their faith and our faith would come together to make one completed whole, their lives of faith not complete apart from ours. MSG

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Heb 12:1 Do you see what this means — all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running — and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.

2 Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed — that exhilarating finish in and with God — he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God.

3 When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

Rom 6:18 And having been set free from sin, you have become the servants of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in thought, purpose, and action). AMP

Gal 1:4  Who gave (yielded) Himself up [to atone] for our sins [and to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father. AMP

1 JN 3:8 Sin’s source is a fallen mindset, from the beginning! For this purpose the Son of God was revealed! His mission was to undo the works of the Devil!  MIRROR

Eph 2:8 For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;

9 Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]

10 For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. AMP

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Eph 2:8 Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish!

9 We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing!

10 No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing. MSG

EPH 2:13 But now, wow! Everything has changed; you have discovered yourselves to be located in Christ. What once seemed so distant is now so near; his blood reveals your redeemed innocence and authentic genesis. MIRROR

EPH 1:5 He is the architect of our design; his heart dream realized our coming of age in Christ.  … and to seal our sonship the spirit of his Son echoes Abba Father in our hearts.” 

6 His grace-plan is to be celebrated: he greatly endeared us and highly favored us in Christ. His love for his Son is his love for us. MIRROR

LIVING A SUPERNATURAL LIFE (OF SIGNS, WONDERS, AND MIRACLES) 2-10-23

VIDEO MIRACLE DEAF MUSLIM FINDS JESUS

Living a supernatural life of signs, wonders and miracles. We who are in Christ are now living in the supernatural realm even while we are here in our bodies. The supernatural miracle signs and wonders come after speaking the word. When we speak Christ, who is the Word there will always be a supernatural, sign or miracle that That follows it. Everything supernatural has its origin and Christ the Word made flesh.

HEB 11:3 Faith alone explains what is not apparent to the natural eye; how the ages were perfectly framed by the Word of God. Now we understand that everything visible has its origin in the invisible. MIRROR

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Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible. AMP

HEB 1:2  In a son, God declares the Incarnate Word to be the heir of all things. He is, after all, the author of the ages.

3 The Messiah-message is what has been on the tip of the Father’s tongue all along! Now he is the crescendo of God’s conversation with us and gives context and content to the authentic, prophetic thought. Everything that God had in mind for mankind is voiced in him. Jesus is God’s language. He is the radiant and flawless mirror expression of the person of God. He makes the glorious intent of God visible and exhibits the character and every attribute of Elohim in human form. His being, announces our redeemed innocence; having accomplished purification for sins, he sat down, enthroned in the boundless measure of his majesty in the right and of God as his executive authority. He is the force of the universe, upholding everything that exists. This conversation is the dynamic that sustains the entire cosmos.

4 He is beyond comparison in stature and significance to any prophetic messenger; his name spells mankind’s salvation; the entire earth is his inheritance. 

5 God did not address any of the prophetic messengers when he said, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you! I am to you all that a Father can be to a son, and you are to me all that a son can be to a Father.”

6 And when he introduces his Son as his firstborn, to the whole inhabited world, he says, “Let all God’s messengers worship him in adoration.”

 7 Of the prophetic messengers he says, I inspire you to be swift like the wind and he fashions those who work his cause like a flash of lightning.  MIRROR

Deut 30:14 No. The word is right here and now — as near as the tongue in your mouth, as near as the heart in your chest. Just do it! MSG

Ezek 12:26 God’s Message came to me:

27 “Son of man, do you hear what Israel is saying: that the alarm the prophet raises is for a long time off, that he’s preaching about the far-off future?

28 Well, tell them, ‘God, the Master, says, “Nothing of what I say is on hold. What I say happens.”‘ Decree of God, the Master.”   MSG

John 1:1 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. 

2 He was present originally with God.  AMP

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JN 1:1-2 1 To go back to the very beginning, is to find the Word already present there; face to face with God. The one mirrors the other! The Word is I am; God’s eloquence echoes and concludes in him. The Word equals God.

2 The beginning mirrors the Word face to face with God  MIRROR

John 1:14 And so the Living Expression became a man and lived among us! We gazed upon his glory, the glory of the One and Only who came from the Father overflowing with tender mercy and truth!  TPT

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JOHN 1:14  Suddenly the invisible, eternal Word takes on visible form – the Incarnation, on display in a flesh and blood Person, as in a mirror! In him, and now confirmed in us! The most accurate tangible exhibit of God’s eternal thought finds expression in human life! The Word became a human being; we are his address; he resides in us! He captivates our gaze! The glory we see there is not a religious replica; he is the authentic begotten Son. The gloryreturns in fullness! Only grace can communicate truth in such complete context! MIRROR

John 14:10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you aren’t mere words. I don’t just make them up on my own. The Father who resides in me crafts each word into a divine act.

11 “Believe me: I am in my Father and my Father is in me. If you can’t believe that, believe what you see — these works.

12 The person who trusts me will not only do what I’m doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I’ve been doing. You can count on it. MSG

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JOHN 14:10 Are you not convinced that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? We are in seamless union. The words that I speak to you are not my independent opinion or ideas; the Father in me addresses you; this conversation then translates into the Father’s action unveiled in my doing.

11 The fact that the Father seems distant or invisible to you does not mean that he is absent. In me he is very present with you! You cannot claim to know me while you ignore him – we are inseparable. I dare you [plural] to believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me – if it seems far fetched, then believe me because of what I have done and what I am about to do. It is the Father in me who defines me. My works exhibit his resolve.

12 I want you to be fully convinced about this, anyone whose belief concludes in who I am, will also do the works that I do. And because of my relocation to continue to be face to face with my Father, my works will be greatly multiplied through you; the Father is as present in you as he is in me.  MIRROR

JOHN 2:11 In this first of the signs which Jesus performed at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, he gave everyone a foretaste of the beauty and intention of his mission. And his disciples believed in him.   MIRROR

JOHN 2:23 Now during the Passover feast in Jerusalem, many believed in his Name – surely the signs he did confirmed his mission as the Messiah-Savior of the world?  MIRROR

JOHN 3:2 He came to see Jesus under the cover of the night and said to him, “Rabbi, it is clear for all of us to see that you come from God as a Teacher – the signs you perform are proof that God is with you! No one is able to do these signs you do if they are not in union with God.  MIRROR

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage. AMP

Acts 12:24 But the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] continued to grow and spread.  AMP

Mark 16:17 “These are some of the signs that will accompany believers: They will throw out demons in my name, they will speak in new tongues,

18 they will take snakes in their hands, they will drink poison and not be hurt, they will lay hands on the sick and make them well.”

19 Then the Master Jesus, after briefing them, was taken up to heaven, and he sat down beside God in the place of honor.

20 And the disciples went everywhere preaching, the Master working right with them, validating the Message with indisputable evidence.]  MSG

HEB 2:3 No one can afford to underestimate and be blasé about this final message; a salvation of such magnificent proportions! There is no alternative escape. Salvation as it is articulated in Christ, is the message that God spoke from the beginning, and it was confirmed again and again by those who heard him.  

4 The delightful resolve of God in every sign, miracle, and diffusion of Holy Spirit bear joint-testimony to the magnificence of this salvation.  MIRROR

Psalms 77:11 Yet I could never forget all your miracles, my God, as I remember all your wonders of old.

¹²I ponder all you’ve done, Lord, musing on all your miracles.

¹³It’s here in your presence, in your sanctuary, where I learn more of your ways, for holiness is revealed in everything you do. Lord, you’re the one and only, the great and glorious God!

¹⁴Your display of wonders, miracles, and power makes the nations acknowledge you. TPT

Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and return to God, and each one of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus, the Anointed One, to have your sins removed. Then you may take hold of the gift of the Holy Spirit.

³⁹For God’s promise of the Holy Spirit is for you and your families, for those yet to be born and for everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

⁴⁰Peter preached to them and warned them with these words: “Be rescued from the wayward and perverse culture of this world!”

⁴¹Those who believed the word that day numbered three thousand. They were all baptized and added to the church.

⁴²Every believer was faithfully devoted to following the teachings of the apostles. Their hearts were mutually linked to one another, sharing communion and coming together regularly for prayer.

⁴³A deep sense of holy awe swept over everyone, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. TPT

Ps 119:129 Every word you give me is a miracle word — how could I help but obey? MSG

1 Cor 1:24  But to us who are personally called by God himself — both Jews and Greeks — Christ is God’s ultimate miracle and wisdom all wrapped up in one. MSG

1 COR 12:27-31 You are the body of Christ; individually as much as you are his body corporately. Everyone of you mirrors him. He defines your form. The individual member does not give context to the body; the body gives context to the member.

28 Wherever God places you in the body is to co-compliment the full function of the ekklesia. The seemingly most prominent and visible gifts are the apostolic, then the prophetic, the teachers, the workers of miracles, those gifted with healing various diseases. Then there are those who can fulfill any role required of them for the moment; they are the ones who can stand in full support to assist any of the other gifts! The administrators are gifted to manage the various functions of the ekklesia with great skill. Then there are those gifted in languages.

29 Everyone is not an apostle, or a Prophet, or a teacher, or a miracle worker!  

30 All are not specifically gifted as healers. All do not necessarily speak in tongues. Are all equally accurate in their interpretation of what was said in a foreign tongue?  

12:31 While you are keen to discover which are your favorite gifts, allow me to introduce you to the summum bonum of life. This transcends all!   MIRROR

1 Cor 13:1  If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

2 If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.   MSG

SEEDTIME AND FRUITFULNESS 2-5-23  VIDEO JOEL

The first Word the Father spoke to Noah after the flood were about seed time and harvest. and fruitfulness. Fruitfulness means to add or muliply what is already there. To multiply that which was already there. Jesus is the tree of life we are called to bear fruit. Jesus is the vine we are the branches. We have gifts of the Holy Spirit and also fruit. The presence of the Holy Spirit in us produces good fruit over our lives. We sow seeds to produce a harvest. We are expecting a mighty harvest in these days of souls. In order to see the harvest, we must sow seeds. Listen to this, the harvest depends on us and the seeds we plant. 

Gen 2:9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight or to be desired — good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life also in the center of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of [the difference between] good and evil and blessing and calamity.  AMP

Genesis 2:16-17 oh, and Yahweh God commanded him, you may freely eat of every fruit of the garden. But you must not eat of the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil for when you eat from it you will most certainly die” TPT

Gen 8:21 God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, “I’ll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I’ll never again kill off everything living as I’ve just done.

22 For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop.”   MSG

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Gen 8:21-22 And when Yahweh smelled the sweet fragrance of Noah’s offerings, his heart was stirred, and he said, never again will I curse the earth, because of the people, even though the imagination of their hearts are evil from childhood, nor will I ever again destroy every living creatures I’ve done I promise this. As long as earth exist, there will always be seasons of planting and harvest, cold and heat summer and winter day and night.  TPT

Gen 9:1 AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.  AMP

Gen 17:6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. AMP

Ezek 36:11 I’ll make this place teem with life — human and animal. The country will burst into life, life, and more life, your towns and villages full of people just as in the old days. I’ll treat you better than I ever have. And you’ll realize that I am God. MSG

Gen 22:17 In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies,

18 And in your Seed [Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice. AMP

JN 15:1  I am the authentic vine! My Father is the farmer.

2 Every offshoot in me that does not bear fruit, he lifts up from the ground and fastens it to the stake and every fruit bearing part he dresses in order to maximize its yield.

3 Your personal pruning and dressing already happened in our conversation; The word made flesh in my person and language is how the Father prepares and sets you up for fruit bearing.

4 Our seamless union, you in me and I in you, is pictured in the vine: the shoot cannot bear fruit outside of this union. In its abiding in the vine, fruit happens naturally – as with your abiding in me.

5 I am the vine and you are the branches; it is the one who understands this mutual union that naturally bears much fruit – which is impossible to happen apart from me.

6 Every area of human life that does not continue to be entwined in this place of seamlessness in me, was already cast forth where it has withered away and is gathered to be burned as firewood.  MIRROR

Rom 7:4 Likewise, my brethren, you have undergone death as to the Law through the [crucified] body of Christ, so that now you may belong to Another, to Him Who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. AMP

Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,

And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. NKJV

GAL 3:19 So what is the use of the law then? The law was doing you a favor, in that it was positioned as a mirror-measuring rod as an intermediary arrangement to make people aware of the extent of their out of sync-ness with the life of their design and at the same time point them to the promise of a Redeemer, the Messianic seed! It was given by celestial messengers to Moses. MIRROR

GAL 3:29 Since Christ is the seed of promise, it is only in our realizing our union with him [in the incarnation] that we are equally related to Abraham and heirs of the promise. Faith and not flesh relates us to Abraham. MIRROR

John 12:24 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.  AMP

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John 12:25 Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.] AMP

GAL 5:22 Your spirit effortlessly bears the rich harvest of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, integrity, gentleness and self control; all these individually reveal the irresistible attraction of the inner-life of our design.

23 Legalism can neither match nor contradict this. There is no law against love! MIRROR ▼▼▼

Gal 5:22 But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard — things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments,

23 not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. MSG

JAMES 3:18 Seed always predicts the harvest. Righteousness inspires the kind deeds of those who embrace peace; these are like seeds sown into fertile soil. MIRROR

GAL 6:7 Show-business does not deceive God! Do not be led astray and then pull your nose up at God, as if it was God who let you down. The harvest always reveals the seed.

8 The flesh cannot compete with the spirit; just like with Adam, the fruit of the do it yourself tree still produces death, while faith produces the spirit fruit of the life of the ages, the God-kind of life.

9 Every good deed has a predictable harvest. Let’s not get discouraged in the in-between times.  MIRROR

1 Peter 1:23 You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.  AMP

1 John 3:9 No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.  AMP

Matt 13:4 As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it.

5 Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots,

6 so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly.

7 Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds.

8 Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams. MSG ▼

LUKE 8:15  But the seed in the good soil are those who hear in such a way, that the word finds a consistent and beautiful resonance in their hearts. They are the ones who continue to bear fruit in steadfast resolve.  MIRROR ▼

MATT 13:36 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;  KJV

1 COR 3:6 I have planted, by bringing the gospel to you in the first place, then Apollos watered the seed in his ministry to you; but God causes the Christ life to ignite and expand in you.

7 If all we succeeded to do was to attach you to us as individuals, then we have failed you; the one who plants is not more important than the one who waters; it is not about us, it is about you realizing God’s work within you.  

8 Our individual assignment does not place the one above the other; we have exactly the same mission; how we succeed or fail in that is to our own account. MIRROR

Ps 126:5 They who sow in tears shall reap in joy and singing.

6 He who goes forth bearing seed and weeping [at needing his precious supply of grain for sowing] shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. AMP

Ps 126:5 So those who planted their crops in despair will shout hurrahs at the harvest,

6 So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing.  MSG

Hos 10:12 Sow righteousness, reap love. It’s time to till the ready earth, it’s time to dig in with God, Until he arrives with righteousness ripe for harvest. MSG

2 COR 9:10 The inventor of seed and bread is also the one who supplies and multiplies your resources and increases the harvest of your righteousness!  MIR

James 5:7 Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master’s Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the rain do its slow but sure work.

8 Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could arrive at any time. MSG  

Matt 9:37 “What a huge harvest!” he said to his disciples. “How few workers!

38 On your knees and pray for harvest hands!”   MSG

Ps 67:6 The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God’s approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us.

7 God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him.  AMP

Proverbs 11:30 But a life lived loving God bears lasting fruit, for the one who is truly wise wins souls. TPT

REV 14:15 Another celestial messenger appeared out of the most holy place of the temple and with a loud voice addressed the One seated upon the cloud, saying, “Thrust forth your pruning hook, your hour has come – this is your moment to reap for the earth’s harvest is ready.”  MIRROR

COURAGE TO CONQUER  2-3-23 VIDEO COURAGE 2

What have you been afraid of? The fear has kept you captive… But the word says you are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus. We’ve gained a surpassing victory in Christ Jesus over any obstacles. Take courage. Many times when Jesus was healing or ministering to people, He told them to take courage. And sometimes it takes courage to believe God for something more when all your experiences say you won’t make it. It takes courage to believe for a miracle. The people who see themselves as God sees them really move in conquering all things. The Holy Spirit gives us courage. Through Christ, we have courage to overcome lies of the enemy, and be victorious in all things. 

Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.

38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,

39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  AMP

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RO 8:37 On the contrary, in the thick of these things our triumph remains beyond dispute. His love has placed us above the reach of any onslaught.

38 This is my conviction; no threat whether it be in death or life; be it celestial messengers, demon powers or political principalities, nothing known to us at this time, or even in the unknown future;

39 no dimension of any calculation in time or space, nor any device yet to be invented, has what it takes to separate us from the love of God unveiled in our Lord, Jesus Christ.  MIRROR

Matt 9:22 Jesus turned around and, seeing her, He said, Take courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well. And at once the woman was restored to health.  AMP

Matt 14:27 But Jesus was quick to comfort them. “Courage, it’s me. Don’t be afraid.”

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Matthew 14:27 Then Jesus said, “Be brave and don’t be afraid. I am here!”

²⁸Peter shouted out, “Lord, if it’s really you, then have me join you on the water!” TPT

Mark 10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have pity and mercy on me [now]!

48 And many severely censured and reproved him, telling him to keep still, but he kept on shouting out all the more, You Son of David, have pity and mercy on me [now]!  49 And Jesus stopped and said, Call him. And they called the blind man, telling him, Take courage! Get up! He is calling you.

50 And throwing off his outer garment, he leaped up and came to Jesus.

51 And Jesus said to him, What do you want Me to do for you? And the blind man said to Him, Master, let me receive my sight.

52 And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has healed you. And at once he received his sight and accompanied Jesus on the road. AMP

Mark 15:43 Joseph, he of Arimathea, noble and honorable in rank and a respected member of the council (Sanhedrin), who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, daring the consequences, took courage and ventured to go to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. AMP

John 16:33 I’ve told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.”   MSG

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JOHN 16:33  I have spoken these things to you that in me you will know the sweet and assured resonance of my peace! In the world you encounter extreme and stressful times, but be of good courage, I have conquered the world-order!”  MIRROR

Gal 6:9 And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. AMP

Rev 2:7 “Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I’m about to call each conqueror to dinner. I’m spreading a banquet of Tree-of-Life fruit, a supper plucked from God’s orchard.”  MSG

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REV 2:7 Now listen up with your inner ears! Hear with understanding what the Spirit is saying to the ekklesias: to the individual who continues to see their triumph mirrored in mine. I will give to feast from the fruit of the tree of life in the paradise of God.  MIRROR

Rev 2:17 “Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I’ll give the sacred manna to every conqueror; I’ll also give a clear, smooth stone inscribed with your new name, your secret new name.” MSG

Rev 2:26 “Here’s the reward I have for every conqueror, everyone who keeps at it, refusing to give up: You’ll rule the nations, MSG

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REV 2:26 Seeing my victory as your victory makes you the overcomer. By embracing the completeness of my works as your treasure, you realize my authority in you to possess the nations.   MIRROR

Rev 3:12 “I’ll make each conqueror a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, a permanent position of honor. Then I’ll write names on you, the pillars: the Name of my God, the Name of God’s City — the new Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven — and my new Name.

13 “Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches.”   MSG

John 10:10 A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect—life in its fullness until you overflow! TPT

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JOHN 10:10 The thief “shepherd” has no other agenda but to steal, kill and he couldn’t care less if he lost some sheep. I have come with the sole purpose for you to have life in its most complete form.  MIRROR

ROM 4:17 When God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, he made a public statement that he would be the father of all nations.  Here we see Abraham faced with God’s faith; the kind of faith that resurrects the dead and calls things which are not  as though they were.  

18 Faith gave substance to hope when everything seemed hopeless; the words, “so shall your seed be” conceived in him the faith of fatherhood.

19 Abraham’s faith would have been nullified if he were to take his own age and the deadness of Sarah’s womb into account. His hundred year old body and Sarah’s barren womb did not distract him in the least! He finally knew that no contribution from their side could possibly assist God in fulfilling his promise!

20 While he had every reason to doubt the promise, he did not hesitate for a moment but instead empowered by faith confidence, he continued to communicate God’s opinion.  

21 Abraham’s confidence was his dress-code; he knew beyond doubt that the power of God to perform was equal to his promise. MIRROR

LUKE 1:31-38 For behold, you will be mystically captured in your womb and conceive and bear a son. And you shall name him Jesus!

32 The eminence of his stature will be magnificent. He will be known as the son of the Most High. And the Lord God will 1return to him what already belongs to him, the throne of his father David!  

33 And he will reign as king over the house of Jacob and his kingdom will be without any boundaries.

34 And Mary asked the Messenger, “So how can this be possible while I am still a virgin?”

35 And he said to her, “Holy Spirit will overwhelm you – hovering over you in the power of the Most High. Therefore, this holy begotten one will be called, son of God!

36 Oh, and let me tell you the good news about your aunt Elizabeth! She, who everyone called barren, is now already six months pregnant with a son, in her old age!”

37 Then Gabriel quotes, “Every word of God is equal to God’s power and purpose to perform that word!”

38 Then Mary responded, “See, I am the handmaid of the Lord; I wish for it be with me exactly according to this conversation!” And with that, the messenger left. MIRROR

1 John 5:4 You see, every child of God overcomes the world, for our faith is the victorious power that triumphs over the world. TPT

1 Sam 17:37 God, who delivered me from the teeth of the lion and the claws of the bear, will deliver me from this Philistine.” Saul said, “Go. And God help you!”   MSG

1 Sam 17:41 As the Philistine paced back and forth, his shield bearer in front of him, he noticed David.

42 He took one look down on him and sneered — a mere youngster, apple-cheeked and peach-fuzzed.

43 The Philistine ridiculed David. “Am I a dog that you come after me with a stick?” And he cursed him by his gods.

44 “Come on,” said the Philistine. “I’ll make roadkill of you for the buzzards. I’ll turn you into a tasty morsel for the field mice.”

45 David answered, “You come at me with sword and spear and battle-ax. I come at you in the name of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel’s troops, whom you curse and mock.

46 This very day God is handing you over to me. I’m about to kill you, cut off your head, and serve up your body and the bodies of your Philistine buddies to the crows and coyotes. The whole earth will know that there’s an extraordinary God in Israel.

47 And everyone gathered here will learn that God doesn’t save by means of sword or spear. The battle belongs to God — he’s handing you to us on a platter!”  MSG

1 COR 15:57 Your victory is not a maybe; because of the magnanimous doing of Jesus Christ, it is a given!

58 For this reason you can afford to be absolutely settled and rock-solid in faith’s persuasion and always ready to go beyond where you would have gone before. Your doing now is inspired by your knowing that you are in him. If his resurrection is yours then his victory over sin and death is equally yours. MIRROR

2 COR 2:14 I am overwhelmed with gratitude! Wherever my travels take me I am so aware that God leads us as trophies in his victory parade. What he knows to be true about us diffuses through us like a perfume of sweet aroma everywhere we go, celebrating the success of the cross.  MIRROR

Matt 12:20 A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering (dimly burning) wick He will not quench, till He brings justice and a just cause to victory.  AMP

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Matt 12:20 He won’t walk over anyone’s feelings, won’t push you into a corner.

Before you know it, his justice will triumph;  MSG

1 JN 5:4 Whatever is born of God is destined to triumph over the world system. Our faith celebrates a victory that is already accomplished!

5 This is the ultimate victory: the certainty that the human Jesus is the divine Son of God;   MIRROR

GOD RESTORES BETTER THAN BEFORE 1-29-23 VIDEO restore BOTTOM LINE 2

God restores better than before. He goes beyond what you had to a place of new strength. Your place of greatest weakness becomes your place of greatest strength. A broken bone when healed becomes stronger than before. Restore or restoration is to make better than before, that’s the Bible translation of restore. We must open our eyes to the way the Father feels and thinks about us. The church will be the greatly restored in these days. It won’t look familiar, but it will be God’s original intention. 

Our restoration is not to be like Adam, but to be the man from heaven. Jesus is not hiding in heaven for some future time when all might see him. He is right now the restoration of all things.

Gen 15:1 AFTER THESE things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your Shield, your abundant compensation, and your reward shall be exceedingly great.  AMP

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Gen 15:1  After all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I’m your shield. Your reward will be grand!”  MSG

EPH 3:20 We celebrate Elohim who supercharges us powerfully from within. Our biggest request or most amazing dream cannot match the extravagant proportion of their thoughts towards us.

21 God is both the author and conclusion of the glory on display in the Ekklesia, mirrored in Christ Jesus. The encore continues throughout every generation, not only in this age but also in the countless ages to come. Amen!  MIRROR

Ps 51:12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit.

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Ps 51:12 Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails! MSG

Ps 126:4 And now, God, do it again — bring rains to our drought-stricken lives

5 So those who planted their crops in despair will shout hurrahs at the harvest,

6 So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing. MSG

Psalms 119:37 Help me turn my eyes away from illusions so that I pursue only that which is true; drench my soul with life as I walk in your paths.  TPT

Jer 30:17 As for you, I’ll come with healing, curing the incurable, Because they all gave up on you and dismissed you as hopeless —  that good-for-nothing Zion.’  MSG

John 10:10 A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.  MSG

Job 42:10  And the Lord turned the captivity of Job and restored his fortunes, when he prayed for his friends; also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.   AMP ▼▼▼

Job 42:10  After Job had interceded for his friends, God restored his fortune — and then doubled it!  MSG

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Job 42:12 God blessed Job’s later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys. MSG

Zech 9:12 Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], you prisoners of hope; even today do I declare that I will restore double your former prosperity to you.   AMP ▼▼▼

Zech 9:12 Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I’m declaring a double bonus —everything you lost returned twice-over!  MSG

Rom 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.  AMP

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Romans 8:11 Yes, God raised Jesus to life! And since God’s Spirit of Resurrection lives in you, he will also raise your dying body to life by the same Spirit that breathes life into you! TPT

James 5:15 And the prayer [that is] of faith will save him who is sick, and the Lord will restore him; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. AMP

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JAMES 5:15 The prayer [environment] of faith shall restore the feeble. The Lord revitalizes and quickens you; he has already forgiven you of anything stupid you might have done to have caused the situation.  MIRROR

Isa 58:8 Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your rightness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.   AMP

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Isa 58:8 Then my favor will bathe you in sunlight until you are like the dawn bursting through a dark night. And then suddenly your healing will manifest. You will see your righteousness march out before you and the glory of Yahweh will protect you from all harm!! TPT

Matt 19:28  Jesus replied, “Yes, you have followed me. In the re-creation of the world, when the Son of Man will rule gloriously, you who have followed me will also rule, starting with the twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And not only you, but anyone who sacrifices home, family, fields — whatever — because of me will get it all back a hundred times over, not to mention the considerable bonus of eternal life.

30 This is the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first.  MSG

2 Cor 5:19 It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God. AMP

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2 COR 5:19 Our ministry declares that Jesus did not act independently of his Father. God was present in Christ when he reconciled the total cosmos to himself. Deity and humanity embraced in him; the fallen state of mankind was deleted; their trespasses would no longer count against them! He now announces his friendship with every individual from within us!

20 The voice God has in Christ he now has in us; we are God’s ambassadors. Our lives exhibit the urgency of God to persuade everyone to realize the reconciliation of their redeemed identity. MIRROR

1 Cor 15:45 Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life].  

46 But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

47 The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven.  

48 Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded).

49 And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.  AMP

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1 COR 15:45 It is recorded in Scripture how the first Adam became a living soul; the last Adam is a life radiating spirit. In partaking of resurrection life now, we radiate the Christ life. Jesus is the last Adam; when he died mankind’s Adamic reference died. Jesus is the head of the human race. Human life is not defined by Adam but defined in Christ.

46 Physical life is the platform for spiritual life.

47 Human life was reduced to slavery and the soul-ruled earthly realm through Adam’s fall but is now awakened to lordship in the heavenly realm of spiritual realities through the knowledge of our co-resurrection with Christ.

48 The reduced state of the individual left its mark on mankind as being earthly; now the redeemed state of mankind confirms their origin in God and marks their new heavenly life.

49 Just as we were once defined by the flesh [our earthly image] we are now defined by our spirit [our heavenly] image. MIRROR ▼

1 Cor 15:49 So that just as we have been made like the material pattern, so we shall be made like the Heavenly pattern. PHILLIPS

Joel 2:25 And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten — the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you.

26 And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you. And My people shall never be put to shame.

27 And you shall know, understand, and realize that I am in the midst of Israel and that I the Lord am your God and there is none else. My people shall never be put to shame.   AMP Caterpillar- as destructive; canker worm- devouring a simile of scattering and disappearing  locust- “repeatedly.”

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JOEL 2:28 “And that’s just the beginning: After that —  “I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions.

29 I’ll even pour out my Spirit on the servants, men and women both.  MSG

Acts 3:19  So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord;

20 And that He may send [to you] the Christ (the Messiah), Who before was designated and appointed for you — even Jesus,

21 Whom heaven must receive [and retain] until the time for the complete restoration of all that God spoke by the mouth of all His holy prophets for ages past [from the most ancient time in the memory of man].  AMP

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Acts 3:19 Let this be your wake-up call once and for all. Face the fact that your sins and scars were completely blotted out, and return to the one you have wandered from. Now you may encounter times of total rejuvenation in the face to face, immediate embrace of the Lord.

20 Jesus is the authentic Christ, the one whom the prophets spoke about all along; he is the desire of the nations, the very One you longed for; the one and only Messiah, who was to be sent to you.

21 Jesus is the theme of God’s conversation, from the earliest ages; through the lips of the prophets who carried the Messiah in the womb of their words. He was to be held all along in the unseen heavenly realm for a time such as this. He is the ‘restoration of all things. Mirror

Titus 3:7 God’s gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there’s more life to come — an eternity of life! MSG 

THE ONE AND ONLY JESUS CHRIST  1-27-23  VIDEO THE ONE AND ONLY 2

Jesus is the only good news. King of kings. No greater or higher name. He is celebrated by the throngs of angels in heaven. We honor and come before him with all of our hearts.

Mark 1:7 As he preached he said, “The real action comes next: The star in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will change your life.

8 I’m baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. His baptism — a holy baptism by the Holy Spirit — will change you from the inside out.”

John 1:16 We all live off his generous bounty, gift after gift after gift.

17 We got the basics from Moses, and then this exuberant giving and receiving,

This endless knowing and understanding —  all this came through Jesus, the Messiah.

18 No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This one-of-a-kind God-Expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, has made him plain as day. MSG  ▼▼▼

JOHN 1:16 He is the source of our completeness. Everyone may now realize their own completeness as evidenced in him. This is grace mirrored in grace!

17 The law was given through Moses; grace and truth have their genesis in Jesus Christ. Against the stark backdrop of the law, with Moses representing the condemned state of mankind, Jesus Christ unveils grace and truth!  

18 Until this moment God remained invisible; now the authentic, incarnate begotten Son, the blueprint of our design who represents the innermost being of God, the Son who is in the bosom of the Father, brings him into full view! He is the official authority qualified to announce God! He is our guide who accurately declares and interprets the invisible God within us.  MIRROR

Acts 16:31 They said, “Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you’ll live as you were meant to live — and everyone in your house included!”   MSG

Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our forefathers has destined and appointed you to come progressively to know His will [to perceive, to recognize more strongly and clearly, and to become better and more intimately acquainted with His will], and to see the Righteous One (Jesus Christ, the Messiah), and to hear a voice from His [own] mouth and a message from His [own] lips;  AMP

Rom 1:4-6 And [as to His divine nature] according to the Spirit of holiness was openly designated the Son of God in power [in a striking, triumphant and miraculous manner] by His resurrection from the dead, even Jesus Christ our Lord (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

5 It is through Him that we have received grace (God’s unmerited favor) and [our] apostleship to promote obedience to the faith and make disciples for His name’s sake among all the nations,

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Rom 1:4 This unique identity as Son of God was shown by the Spirit when Jesus was raised from the dead, setting him apart as the Messiah, our Master.

5 Through him we received both the generous gift of his life and the urgent task of passing it on to others who receive it by entering into obedient trust in Jesus.

6 You are who you are through this gift and call of Jesus Christ!  MSG

John 1:9 There it was — the true Light [was then] coming into the world [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] that illumines every person. 

10 He came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him [did not know Him].

11 He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own — His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him.

12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name — AMP

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JOHN 1:9 A new day for mankind has come. The authentic light of life that illuminates everyone was about to dawn in the world!

10 Although no one took any notice of him, he was no stranger to the world; he always was there and is himself the author of all things.

11 It was not as though he arrived on a foreign planet; he came to his own, yet his own did not recognize him.

12 Everyone who realizes their association in him, convinced that he is their original life and that his name defines them, God gives the assurance that they are indeed his offspring, begotten of him; he sanctions the legitimacy of their sonship.  MIRROR

John 1:14  And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth.  AMP

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JOHN 1:14 Suddenly the invisible, eternal Word takes on visible form – the Incarnation, on display in a flesh and blood Person, as in a mirror! In him, and now confirmed in us! The most accurate tangible exhibit of God’s eternal thought finds expression in human life! The Word became a human being; we are his address; he resides in us! He captivates our gaze! The glory we see there is not a religious replica; he is the authentic begotten Son. The glory (that we lost in Adam) returns in fullness! Only grace can communicate truth in such complete context!  MIRROR

ROM 5:1 The conclusion is clear: our blameless innocence has absolutely nothing to do with something we did to qualify ourselves; it is what happened to us, solely because of our Lord Jesus Christ’s doing. Faith, and not reward, is the only valid basis for righteousness! Let us now fully engage this seamless union in our face to face friendship with God!

2 Jesus is God’s face to face grace embrace of the entire human race. So here we are, standing tall in the joyful bliss of our redeemed innocence! We are God’s dream come true! This was God’s 4idea all along!  MIRROR  ▼▼▼

Romans 5:1 Our faith in Jesus transfers God’s righteousness to us and he now declares us flawless in his eyes. This means we can now enjoy true and lasting peace with God, all because of what our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, has done for us.

²Our faith guarantees us permanent access into this marvelous kindness that has given us a perfect relationship with God. What incredible joy bursts forth within us as we keep on celebrating our hope of experiencing God’s glory!  TPT

Romans 5:11 And even more than that, we overflow with triumphant joy in our new relationship of living reconciled to God—all because of Jesus Christ!  TPT

Romans 5:17 Death once held us in its grip, and by the blunder of one man, death reigned as king over humanity. But now, how much more are we held in the grip of grace and continue reigning as kings in life, enjoying our regal freedom through the gift of perfect righteousness in the one and only Jesus, the Messiah!

¹⁸In other words, just as condemnation came upon all people through one transgression, so through one righteous act of Jesus’ sacrifice, the perfect righteousness that makes us right with God and leads us to a victorious life is now available to all. TPT

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ROM 5:17 Death no longer has the final say. Life rules! If the effect of one man’s crash-landing engaged mankind in a death-dominated lifestyle how much more advantaged is the very same mankind now that they are the recipients of the boundless reservoirs of grace, empowering them to enjoy the dominion of life through the gift of righteousness because of that one man, Jesus Christ. Grace is out of all proportion in superiority to the transgression.

18 The conclusion is clear: if one offence condemns the entire human race; then in principle, the righteousness of one vindicates the entire human race.  MIRROR

ROM 5:21 Death provided sin its platform and power to reign from; now grace has taken over sovereignty through righteousness to introduce unthreatened life under the Lordship of Jesus Christ over us.  A simple equation: We were not made sinners by our own disobedience; neither were we made righteous by our own obedience.  The same humanity represented in the one man Adam, is triumphantly represented in the one man Jesus Christ!  Adam’s transgression no longer holds the human race hostage.  MIRROR

ROM 6:23 The reward of the law is death the gift of grace is life! The bottom line is this: sin employs you like a soldier for its cause and rewards you with death; God gifts you with the highest quality of life all wrapped up in Christ Jesus our Leader.  MIRROR

1 COR 1:2 I address this writing to the Ekklesia of God in Corinth. You have been restored to the harmony of your original design, made holy in Christ Jesus; no wonder then that you are surnamed saints. You are in association with all those who have discovered their true identity in Jesus Christ everywhere in every location; he is the head of this union; his name relates us to one another in a global family.  

3 Grace and peace is your portion from God who is our Father and from his executive, Jesus Christ.  MIRROR

1 Corinthians 2:2 For while I was with you I was determined to be consumed with one topic—Jesus, the crucified Messiah. TPT

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1 Cor 2:2 For I resolved to know nothing (to be acquainted with nothing, to make a display of the knowledge of nothing, and to be conscious of nothing) among you except Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and Him crucified.  AMP

GAL 6:14 May my boasting be in nothing but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. The religious-systems and applause of this world have no appeal to me. As far as they are concerned, I am like a dead person.

15 The new creation in Christ steals the show; not whether someone is circumcised or not!     MIRROR

1 COR 8:6 This does not make them competition to God; we know that for us there is only one God who is the source of all things; there is only one authority, the Lord Jesus Christ. All things exist because of him; we owe our very being to him. He alone gives context and reference to our lives.  MIRROR

1 COR 15:57 Your victory is not a maybe; because of the magnanimous doing of Jesus Christ, it is a given!  MIRROR

2 Tim 2:8 Fix this picture firmly in your mind: Jesus, descended from the line of David, raised from the dead. It’s what you’ve heard from me all along.  MSG

1 PET 1:13 How amazing is that! Jesus is what the Scriptures are all about; and you are what Jesus is all about! Now wrap your minds around that! This unveiling is what tied up all the loose ends that would trip you and frustrate your seamless transition from the old to the new! The revelation of Jesus is no longer a future expectation! Do not allow the old mindset of a future tense glory to intoxicate you and distract you from the relevance of this moment! Stop pointing to a future Messiah! Jesus is who the Prophets pointed to! You are the fruit of his sufferings; you are the glorious resurrection generation! Fully engage your minds with the consequence of this grace in the revelation of Jesus Christ! He completes your every expectation!  MIRROR

 Heb 13:8 For Jesus doesn’t change — yesterday, today, tomorrow, he’s always totally himself.

9 Don’t be lured away from him by the latest speculations about him. The grace of Christ is the only good ground for life. Products named after Christ don’t seem to do much for those who buy them. MSG

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Isaiah 42 :19 Don’t you see that what I have prophesied has come to pass? And now I am for telling the future by declare it to you before it sprouts up. TPT

Heb 12:22  No, that’s not your experience at all. You’ve come to Mount Zion, the city where the living God resides. The invisible Jerusalem is populated by throngs of festive angels

23 and Christian citizens. It is the city where God is Judge, with judgments that make us just.

24 You’ve come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel’s — a homicide that cried out for vengeance — became a proclamation of grace.

25 So don’t turn a deaf ear to these gracious words. If those who ignored earthly warnings didn’t get away with it, what will happen to us if we turn our backs on heavenly warnings?

26 His voice that time shook the earth to its foundations; this time — he’s told us this quite plainly — he’ll also rock the heavens: “One last shaking, from top to bottom, stem to stern.”

27 The phrase “one last shaking” means a thorough housecleaning, getting rid of all the historical and religious junk so that the unshakable essentials stand clear and uncluttered.

28 Do you see what we’ve got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander.

29 He’s actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won’t quit until it’s all cleansed. God himself is Fire! MSG

Isa 61:6  But you’ll have the title “Priests of God,”honored as ministers of our God. You’ll feast on the bounty of nations, you’ll bask in their glory.

7 Because you got a double dose of trouble and more than your share of contempt, Your inheritance in the land will be doubled and your joy go on forever.

8 “Because I, God, love fair dealing and hate thievery and crime, I’ll pay your wages on time and in full, and establish my eternal covenant with you.

9 Your descendants will become well-known all over. Your children in foreign countries

Will be recognized at once as the people I have blessed.”  MSG

Joel 2:28 And afterward I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

29 Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My Spirit.

30 And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. 

32 And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered and saved, for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the remnant [of survivors] shall be those whom the Lord calls.  AMP

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Joel 2:28-32 “And that’s just the beginning: After that —  “I will pour out my Spirit

on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions.

29 I’ll even pour out my Spirit on the servants, men and women both.

30 I’ll set wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below: Blood and fire and billowing smoke,

31 the sun turning black and the moon blood-red, Before the Judgment Day of God,

the Day tremendous and awesome.

32 Whoever calls, ‘Help, God!’ gets help. On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be a great rescue — just as God said. Included in the survivors

are those that God calls. MSG

Psalms 112:1 Shout in celebration of praise to the Lord! Everyone who loves the Lord and delights in him will cherish his words and be blessed beyond expectation.

²Their descendants will be prosperous and influential. Every generation of the righteous will experience his favor.

³Great blessing and wealth fills the house of the wise, for their integrity endures forever.

⁴Even if darkness overtakes them, sunrise-brilliance will come bursting through because they are gracious to others, so tender and true. TPT

Mark 13:30  Don’t take this lightly. I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too — these things will happen. MSG

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Mark 13:30 Surely I say to you, this generation (the whole multitude of people living at that one time) positively will not perish or pass away before all these things take place.

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Matt 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen, from David to the Babylonian exile (deportation) fourteen generations, from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations. AMP

Psalms 22:30 ⁰His spiritual seed shall serve him. Future generations will hear from us

about the wonders of the Victorious Lord.

³¹His generation yet to be born will glorify him. And they will all declare, “It is finished!” TPT

1 Thes 3:13 The dominion of the Christ life establishes you in blameless innocence, face to face before our God and Father, in the constant awareness of his presence in our mutual togetherness with all the saints!  Mirror

2 Peter 1:16 We are not con-artists, fabricating fictions and fables to add weight to our account of his majestic appearance; with our own eyes we have witnessed the powerful display of the illuminate presence of Jesus the Master of the Christ-life.  Mirror

1 Thes 4:13  I do not want you to be ignorant concerning those who seem to be fast asleep in their indifference and unbelief. There is no need for you to grieve as if they are beyond hope!

14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that he fully represents and includes even those who have not awoken unto him yet. God will lead them to realize that they are indeed in him.  

15 We give voice to the word of the Lord; we are God’s wake-up call to them that are asleep! We are exhibiting the immediate tangible presence of the Lord and shall not 2exclude them!  

16 In their awakening, the dead will all, first-hand witness the Lord stepping out of the invisible heavenly realm into their immediate visible horizon with an inciting shout, announcing his triumphant reign in the trumpet-like billowing voice of God.  Mirror